There is a ton of information to get to in this week’s SubModern Report. First and foremost, our SubModern Sampler #045 has arrived and is currently landing at radio! Here is the complete tracklist:

1. Dum Dum Girls "Lost Boys And Girls Club" (Sub Pop)
2. Palma Violets "Rattlesnake Highway" (Rough Trade)
3. Brendan Benson "It’s Your Choice"
      (Readymade/Thirty Tigers)
4. Sigur Rós "Rafstraumur" (XL Recordings)
5. Delorean "Destitute Time" (True Panther Sounds)
6. Damien Jurado "Silver Timothy" (Secretly Canadian)
7. Stacy Clark "Next Town" (Harbour Records)
8. Smallpools "Over And Over" (RCA)
9. Sleeper Agent "Waves" (RCA/Mom+Pop)
10. Los Campesinos! "What Death Leaves Behind"
      (Wichita)
11. We Are Scientists "Dumb Luck" (Dine Alone)
12. Starset "My Demons" (True Anomaly Records)
13. Throw The Fight "One Step Away" (Bullet Tooth Records)

We only have a few weeks left in the year; ergo there are only a few more SubModern Reports left as well! The last regular Report for 2013 will be arriving on December 4. The following week (12/11), we will have our annual Year-End edition of the Report. The first new SubModern Report of 2014 will be on January 8.

And sadly, before moving on to the chart numbers, I must note that WHHZ/Gainesville, FL has ended its specialty show "The Independent."

Shearwater is a Buzz Band this week, as their covers record Fellow Travelers debuts at #1, with their take on "Natural One" by Folk Implosion at #2 and "I Luv The Valley Oh!!" by Xiu Xiu at #10t. Pearl Mystic from Hookworms arrives at #2t with "From And Function" at #13t. We Are Scientists’ new EP Business Casual is at #2t as well with "Dumb Luck" at #8t. Beady Eye’s second album BE is at #5 with "Iz Rite" at #6t. Reputante debuts with Oceanside at #6 and "Deep Set Eyes" at #6t. Roman Remains is our other Buzz Band this week, with the Energy You EP debuting at #7t, while "This Stone Is Starting To Bleed" lands at #13t. Tennis is also at #7t with Small Sound, as "Mean Streets" charts at #16t. Royal Bangs take #10 on the album chart and #13t among the singles. Anna Calvi, The Head and The Heart and Delorean are all on both of the charts this week too.

Bear Hands debut at #1 on the singles chart with "Giants." Broken Bells and The Chain Gang Of 1974 are tied up at #3. I’m very excited for Against Me!’s new album to arrive at long last in January and the first single, "F***MYLIFE666," debuts on the singles chart at #5. "Cool Kids" from Echosmith is at #6t, while PAPA and The Wombats are part of the tie at #10. Looking at the album chart, Reflektor from Arcade Fire is at #2t and Poliça’s Shulamith is up to #9.

Read about Shearwater and Roman Remains, as well as up-to-date retail data, a complete list of songs and albums that are available for airplay, and the weekly FMQB SubModern singles and albums charts. Of course, please send your playlists and add dates in to specialty@fmqb.com.

~ Joey Odorisio